After the reward here was confirmed, Ling Budo and they were already not far from the capital.

When they came back this time, they were also divided into three groups, among which in order to highlight the importance of Ling Budo, he led a part of the soldiers and horses to return first.

Some of the remaining people were led by Cui You, with the main force of soldiers and horses slowly moving forward, while the other part of the people like Cheng Shi who had something to do could also temporarily leave the team, anyway, as long as they arrived at the capital within the specified time.

After all, even in the face of Emperor Wen and Huo Chong, it is not easy for those prestigious veterans to snatch Ling Budo's prestige.

As for Cheng Shi's gang of people who don't have much right to speak, they don't have any opinions on this, anyway, it is impossible for them to be in the limelight, so it's better to keep a low profile.

But even so, Emperor Wen was actually not very satisfied, and planned to let the prince personally greet him at the city gate and read the holy decree.

It's just that the courtiers in the back feel that it is inappropriate, after all, when they destroyed Kui Huan and Gongsun Shu in the front, they did not have such specifications for the soldiers and horses of the Hui Dynasty, and now it is too favoritism to do so.

Among them, especially in the imperial history, Cheng Zuo Ziqing jumped the most cheerfully, so in the end, Emperor Wen just asked Da Changqiu Cao Cheng to pass on the decree and greet Ling Budo at the city gate.

In fact, when it came to this Zuo Yushi, Li Hao remembered the Tianjia Restaurant, and said that since Li Hao entered the capital, he sent someone to keep an eye on it.

Who made Tian Shuo's identity as Emperor Yu's sin and the last big boss in the play, although Li Hao didn't plan to solve him now, but arranged it in advance.

When it comes to the critical moment, it can play a role, and maybe he can help him drag a few people into the water, after all, this guy has been in the capital for so many years, and he has made a lot of friends.

In addition, in addition to arranging the city gate to greet him, Emperor Wen also deliberately set up a banquet in the palace to receive Ling Budo.

In addition to Emperor Wen, the crown prince, the third prince, and the fifth prince, Xiaoyue Hou, Wang Chun, Lai She, Lou Taifu, Tingwei Ji Zun and other important ministers were also listed, and Li Hao was also called by the way because of his relationship with the East Palace, but this rank was a little worse, basically close to the door.

Just as everyone was waiting for Ling Budo to come at the banquet, Li Hao knew that this wait was destined to be in vain.

Because after Ling Budo received the order, he went directly to arrest Cheng Shi's unlucky uncle and track down the theft of the ordnance.

This is also Ling Budo, if someone else does not give Emperor Wen face like this, he is afraid that the reward he just received on the front foot will be taken away from the back foot.

However, this time because of his own interference, Cheng Shaoshang is still staying in Cheng Mansion, and I don't know if Uncle Dong will hide in Zhuangzi outside the city.

Of course, even if Uncle Dong went, Ling Budo would definitely not have the opportunity to meet Cheng Shaoshang, and he didn't know if he was missing these foreshadowings in front of him, and Ling Budo would not look at Cheng Shaoshang for ten thousand years at the Shangyuan Lantern Festival.

Sure enough, Cao Cheng did come back alone in the end, and when Emperor Wen saw this, he asked, "What about the son, why didn't you enter the palace together?" ”

Cao Chengyu reported: "After returning to Your Majesty's words, General Ling received the order, saying that he could not delay receiving the letter and report, and he could only enter the palace after it was processed, and then he would personally ask His Majesty for his guilt." ”

After everyone heard this, the expressions on many people's faces froze, but basically no one planned to interject, anyway, this kind of thing is not big or small, it purely depends on Emperor Wen's own thoughts.

Only Zuo Ziqing jumped out again and said, "General Ling has just returned to the capital, and there is something important to do soon."

I think he is deliberately neglecting His Majesty and despising the Emperor's grace, and I ask Your Majesty to immediately issue an order to reprimand him. ”

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Wen's face turned dark, but Emperor Wen was not targeting Ling Budo, but Zuo Ziqing.

It's just that Emperor Wen didn't come forward in person, so the role of the prince came out, and I saw the prince say loudly: "Zuo Yushi's words are serious, and it is possible for Zicheng to get confidential information on the way back to the capital, and he didn't know about the banquet in the palace in advance, and he didn't prepare."

Therefore, we can only deal with more urgent matters first, which is also to do our duty faithfully, what is the sin. ”

After answering Zuo Ziqing's words, the prince said to Emperor Wen again: "Father, since Zicheng can't come back for a while, or hold a banquet first, don't let the ministers wait any longer."

After Zicheng finishes handling official business, he will naturally come to the palace, and then his father will come to ask him about the situation. ”

Although Emperor Wen still wanted to wait for Ling Budo here, considering that he didn't know when Ling Budo would be able to come back, he couldn't keep letting the ministers of the palace wait, so he said: "What the prince said is reasonable, then let's have a banquet first." ”

With Emperor Wen's order, this wine and food can finally be served on the table, saying that since Li Hao improved his cooking habits, the diet in the palace has changed a lot over the years.

At least there are a lot of stir-fried dishes in front of Li Hao, although the taste is not as good as the chef Li Hao cultivated himself, but it is much better than the boiled and fried dishes in the past.

In addition, the people around the seat were not acquaintances, and Li Hao didn't speak, so he simply started to cook seriously.

And just when the palace was staggering, Ling Budo had already arrested Uncle Dong on the Zhuangzi outside the Cheng family.

This will Uncle Dong begged Ling Budo in the name of Cheng Shi, wanting him to let him go.

However, Ling Budo was supposed to be in the lonely city, and he hated the matter of greedy ink and reselling weapons, and even if there was no reason for this, with Cheng Shi's prestige and status, it would not be possible for Ling Budo to have scruples, so how could Uncle Dong escape.

It happened that Ling Budo had already inquired about Cheng Shihui's return home today, so he personally escorted Uncle Dong to Cheng's mansion to try whether Cheng Shi knew about this matter in advance.

When Ling Budo rushed to Cheng's mansion, a fainting scene that Cheng's mother and Cheng Shaoshang had performed one after another in order to show weakness had just ended.

The main participants are Cheng Mu and Cheng Shaoshang, Ge Shi appeared as a supporting actress and acted with Cheng Mu, and the main viewers were Cheng Shi and his wife, as well as Qu Lengjun, who came to visit Cheng Shaoshang today.

After all, in order to see the real situation, Cheng Shi wanted to catch Ge and Cheng's mother off guard, so the news reported to his family was half a month before he could reach the capital.

And Li Hao's side only knew that Ling Budo could arrive today, but he didn't know if Cheng Shi would arrive on the same day as the plot.

Because Li Hao intervened in the middle, the actual situation had changed, so Li Hao didn't mention it to Qu Lengjun, so Qu Lengjun was free today, so he came over as usual and saw this good show.

Regarding Qu Lengjun's matter, Cheng Shi and his wife had already gotten the news from Qingcong's mouth earlier, so after settling down Cheng Shaoshang, who was pretending to be dizzy, the husband and wife began to express their gratitude to Qu Lengjun.

"It's okay, it's just a gesture, no thanks." After responding to the words of Cheng Shi and his wife, Qu Lengjun was ready to say goodbye.

After all, the parents and their daughter have just met, and it is the time to exchange feelings, and thinking about the situation just now, there may be a mother-son war here in the future, and it will be too embarrassing to stay here again.

But just as Qu Lengjun was about to leave, he bumped into Ling Budo, who came over with Uncle Dong to ask for the guilt.

I haven't seen Ling Budo for many years, from a thin child to a heroic boy now, Qu Lengjun didn't recognize Ling Budo at the first time.

On the other hand, Qu Lengjun has not changed much over the years, so Ling Budo recognized it at a glance, and Ling Budo also knew about Qu Lengjun's marriage to Li Hao.

In addition, Li Hao has been serving on the front line in the past few years, and he has handled a lot of ordnance.

Therefore, when I saw Qu Lengjun in Cheng Mansion this time, I couldn't help but think about whether this reselling of ordnance would implicate Li Hao.

So he said, "Sister Leng Jun, why are you in the Cheng Mansion today?" ”

Qu Lengjun suddenly called out his name as soon as he met the person who was quite a stranger in front of him, and then he also stopped, looking at and thinking about who this person was for a while.

It took a while to recognize it, and replied: "It turned out to be Zicheng you, I haven't seen me for many years, and I really didn't recognize you for a while, you have changed a lot."

By the way, shouldn't you attend His Majesty's reception banquet in the palace? Why did you suddenly come to Chengfu? ”

Seeing that Qu Lengjun didn't answer, Ling Budo continued: "Oh, I received a confidential letter on the way back, which is related to a relative of the Cheng family, so I came to inquire about the situation."

But how did you come to Cheng Mansion, could it be that Cheng Xiaowei has an old relationship with the Yuan family. ”

After listening to Ling Budo's words, Qu Lengjun couldn't guess what he was thinking, although Qu Lengjun couldn't guarantee whether Cheng Shi had also committed an accident, but she believed Li Hao 100%.

After all, Li Hao's official and financial luck are quite good, and there is no need to do anything that violates the law, when even he replied: "That's true, it turned out that Cheng Xiaowei had done something under Uncle Jun for a period of time, and my family Langjun was also the Cheng Xiaowei I met at that time." ”

Ling Budo listened to Qu Lengjun's words and was noncommittal, after all, this suspicion would not be dissipated so easily, he still planned to secretly investigate it.

At this time, Cheng Shi had already received the news that Ling Budo had entered the mansion, so he came over with Xiao Yuanyi, and saw the scene of Ling Budo talking to Qu Lengjun.

However, Cheng Shi didn't think it was too strange about this, after all, the Yuan and Qu families were both big families, and it was normal for them to have dealings with Ling Budo.

Seeing that Cheng Shi and his wife had arrived, Qu Lengjun didn't bother them anymore to discuss business, so he said to Ling Budo: "Then I won't delay your time today, and when you have free time in the future, I will ask my family Langjun to invite you to come over the house." ”

After speaking, he saluted Cheng Shi and his wife and Ling Budo, and left on his own.

After Qu Lengjun walked away, Cheng Shi said to Ling Budo: "I don't know what General Ling is here in person. ”

Ling Budo replied: "I was ordered to arrest a thief who was guarding his own theft and greedy for ink weapons today, and it just so happened that this person was somewhat related to Captain Cheng, so I came to bother." ”

When Cheng Shi heard this, he hurriedly explained: "When we are on the march, what we hate the most is this kind of rat moth, how many soldiers have been killed in front of the battle.

How could I have anything to do with such people, and I hope General Ling will see it. ”

"Yes." Ling Budo replied, and then ordered: "Come on, bring Dong Cangguan up, and let Captain Cheng recognize it." ”

Hearing this, Cheng Shi and his wife chuckled in their hearts, and after Uncle Dong was dragged up, their faces changed.

The main thing is Uncle Dong's personality, and these two people are also clear about it, knowing that he really came out to steal and sell weapons.

But in the face of Uncle Dong, he shouted: "Ah Shi, help." ”

Cheng Shi still stubbornly said to Ling Budo: "General Ling, there is a misunderstanding in this. ”

Ling Budo replied: "Dong Cang can do things, presumably Captain Cheng knows better than me, the evidence of his greed for ink and ordnance is conclusive, I came here today to tell Captain Cheng, no matter how high the military merit is, if you do something that moths the country, I will not forgive." ”

Hearing this, Cheng Shi was completely dead in his heart, and he really didn't know how to answer Ling Budo for a while.

However, Ling Budo obviously didn't want to get any reply, and after explaining the situation, he said goodbye to Cheng Shi and left.

This time, because Cheng Shaoshang did not sue Uncle Dong, he did not let Lianfang come down to inquire, and he did not make any moves.

So although the two of them hid on the second floor and listened to the excitement, they were not discovered by Ling Budo.

After sending Ling Budo away, Cheng's mother and Ge's side had already received the news that Uncle Dong had been arrested, so they hurriedly came to Cheng Shi again, wanting him to rescue Uncle Dong.

But what can Cheng Shi do about this matter, even if Ge's family moves out of the family and hides each other, and then Cheng's mother is persecuted to die or live, but Cheng Shi has never let go, after all, this matter is indeed beyond Cheng Shi's ability.

It is said that Cheng Cheng has done a good job in self-knowledge, and he will not force himself to do things beyond his ability.

On the other side, after Ling Budo went to the palace, he was greeted by a scolding from Emperor Wen: "What are you doing here, I don't even have time to let you enter the palace for a banquet."

Do you know how many officials at that time asked me to punish you, and if the prince hadn't spoken for you, what would have happened to you? ”

Ling Budo didn't panic at all after hearing this, after all, he was really experienced in this kind of thing.

Just looking at Emperor Wen's face at this time, he knew that this matter was not a big deal, so he said: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, the minister mainly learned about a clue to the corruption of the ordnance, and the warehouse manager who was in charge of guarding the ordnance at that time had already gotten the news and was about to escape.

The minister was worried that this person would run away, and it would be troublesome to track it down in the future, so he chased it immediately. ”

"Oh, then this guy has been caught now." When Emperor Wen heard that Ling Budo had arrested someone, he asked out loud.

"The person has been caught, and he is now being held in the prison of the Tingwei Mansion. However, this person's identity is somewhat special, and he is the uncle of Captain Cheng Shi. Ling Budo answered Emperor Wen's question, and explained the identity of this person by the way.

After Emperor Wen heard this, he immediately asked, "Do you think Cheng Shi is also involved in this matter?" ”

Ling Budo replied: "Judging from the available evidence, there is no clue to prove that Captain Cheng was involved in this matter. After all, according to the minister's investigation, most of the ordnance was transported from the capital, but Captain Cheng had not returned to the capital for many years.

It's just that today in the Cheng Mansion, the minister saw Chang Anjun, if the Yuan and Qu Liang families intervened, it would be uncertain. ”